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I using a 5 gal. Water cooler with niblers. The nibler unit is constantly getting algae in it. Is there something that I can put in the water to stop the algae & be safe for the hens? Thanks..

I have a hen who has been brooding for just over two weeks now, sitting on several eggs. Before, the other three hens all chose the same nest. I've isolated the broody hen/nest from the others, but still in the same location inside the hen house. The other hens are obsessed with trying to get to...

I candled three eggs my hen has been sitting on for seven days. I can't tell what's going on. On day seven I could only see a dark circle (yolk looking) inside each of the three eggs. Can I add some eggs to her nest that have been laid a week later? At what point should I pull out the original...

So the question is, should I let my hen sit and hatch the egg, or remove it and use an incubator. I'm pretty sure she is sitting on more than one egg. The other eggs are from different hens. Is that ok? My 5 hens use the same nest, will the others move to another nest? Today is Oct. 22nd and...

I don't quite understand, the hens laid their first eggs the 26th of July the 28th and the 31st. Nothing since then. I have five hens, two roosters. Feed them table scraps and layer food. The temp has cooled down a little (80-90). They are about 21 weeks old..too young maybe? Any thoughts ?

I am new to this site and I'll be having questions as time goes by. I'm also new to raising chickens. I started off building a coop from a picture in a magazine. It turned out to be a much bigger coop than the actual coop in the magazine. I raised eight checks and there now about 10 weeks old...